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Assessing the Performance of Agricultural Development Investments A Practical Guide using the SIPmath™ Standard by Rosenstock, Todd S., Lamanna, Christine, Savage, Sam, O'Neil, Danny, Shepherd, Keith

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Response of improved Brachiaria (Urochloa) grass cultivars to foliar diseases and their agronomic performances in Rwanda by Uzayisenga, Bellancile, Mutimura, Mupenzi, Muthomi, J.W., Mwang’ombe, A.W., Ghimire, Sita R.

“…Nine Brachiaria cultivars were evaluated for leaf rust, leaf spot and leaf blight diseases and agronomic performances in two agro-ecological zones of Rwanda. …”
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Performance of four wastewater treatment plants serving Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa by Haileselassie, M. M., Mohamed, J., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Hiruy, A. M., Acharya, K., Werner, D.

“…Principal component analysis revealed that season significantly impacts the raw and treated wastewater quality (ANOSIM, R ¼ 0.3126, p ¼ 0.001), while the type of treatment plant did not significantly affect the measured effluent characteristics (ANOSIM, R ¼ 0.1235, p ¼ 0.2000). …”
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Comparative performance of three sampling techniques to detect airborne Salmonella species in poultry farms by Adell, Elisa, Moset, Verónica, Zhao, Yang, Jiménez-Belenguer, Ana, Cerisuelo, Alba, Cambra-López, María

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Productivity and the performance of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the lost decade to the commodity boom by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Falconi, César A., Ludena, Carlos E., Martel, Pedro

“…This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean’s agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at the contribution of inputs, and total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in output per worker. …”
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Agricultural public expenditures, sector performance, and welfare in Nigeria: A state-level analysis by Mavrotas, George, Mogues, Tewodaj, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo, Smart, Jenny, Xiong, Zhe

“…We conclude that efforts to strengthen state-level agricultural spending in Nigeria merits greater attention, while putting in place measures to ensure improved effectiveness in any such spending.…”
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Comparative feedlot performance of Washera and Horro sheep fed different roughage to concentrate ratio by Gizachew, A.

“…In conclusion this study highlighted that Washera and Horro sheep had a similar performance under the feeding regime used in this study, and it appeared that both breeds perform better in the diet containing the highest level of concentrate used in the current study.…”
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Temperature and host plant species affect the performance and immunocompetence of an outbreak defoliator in northwestern Patagonia by Serra, Maria Noel, Quintero, Carolina, Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano Alberto, Martinez Von Ellrich, Andres Santiago, Paritsis, Juan

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of temperature and diet on the performance and immune response of the model lepidopteran system Ormiscodes amphimone (Saturniidae) and its host plants Nothofagus spp. …”
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Performance of farmer managed Bovans Brown layers fed on different locally available rations by Tekulu, E.

“…Body weight of the birds was measured at the beginning and end of the study. Egg quality traits were determined six times during the study period by taking three eggs from each farmer per two week. …”
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Calibration transfer between NIR diode array and FT-NIR spectrophotometers for measuring the soluble solids contents of apple by Alamar, María C., Bobelyn, Els, Lammertyn, Jeroen, Nicolai, Bart M., Moltó, Enrique

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Agronomic performance and farmer preferences of selected bean varieties in uganda, hoima and rakai districts by Awio, Bruno

“…Varieties NABE 2 and NABE 14 performed best in one mega-environment while varieties ROBA 1 and NABE 2 were the best in the second mega-environment. …”
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Degradation and restoration method interact to affect the performance of planted seedlings in tropical rainforest restoration by Mellåker, Julia

“…Furthermore the study investigated if there was a growth-survival trade-off and if it could be predicted with functional traits. Measurements came from a field experiment in Sabah, Malaysia, where seedlings were planted with two methods within three forest types. …”
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Development and validation of the global diet quality score (GDQS) for children 24 to 59 months of age by Ali, Nazia Binte, Arsenault, Joanne E., Castellanos-Gutiérrez, Analí, Moursi, Mourad, Deitchler, Megan, Batis, Carolina, Atayde, Agata Marina Perez, Kehoe, Sarah H., Tadesse, Amare W., Leonardo, Sofia, Nkengfack, Brunhilda Tegomoh, Diop, Loty, Gelli, Aulo, Fawzi, Wafaie W., Willett, Walter C., Bromage, Sabri

“…Objectives To develop the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) for children aged 24-59 months and evaluate its performance in predicting outcomes related to nutrient adequacy and diet-related noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk. …”
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Quantitative trait loci controlling swimming performance and their effect on growth in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Yu, Xiaofei, Mengistu, Samuel, Mulder, Herman, Palstra, Arjan, Benzie, John A.H., Trinh, Trong, Groenen, Martien, Komen, Hans, Megens, Hendrik-Jan

“…Critical swimming speed (Ucrit) is an important measurement of swimming performance and a good indicator for cardio-respiratory health. …”
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Replication Data for: A comparison study of five different methods to measure carotenoids in biofortified yellow cassava (Manihot esculenta) by Jaramillo Valencia, Angélica M., Londoño Hernandez, Luis Fernando, Orozco, Juan Camilo, Patiño, Gelver, Belalcázar, John Eiver, Davrieux, Fabrice, Talsma, Elise F.

“…The most commonly used method for measuring carotenoid concentration is high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Relationships between trypanosome infection measured by antigen detection enzyme immunoassays, anaemia and growth in trypanotolerant N'Dama cattle by Trail, J.C.M., D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Viviani, P., Yangari, G., Nantulya, V.M.

“…Relationships were evaluated between trypanosome infection as measured by antigen detection enzyme immunoassays (antigen ELISA), anaemia as determined by average packed red cell volume (PCV), and animal performance as assessed by daily weight gain in 99 N'Dama cattle in Gabon exposed to natural tsetse challenge at 11.5 months of age and recorded 14 times over a 13 week period. …”
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Compliance with food safety measures and their economic impact on smallholder dairy farmers: Evidence from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India by Katoch, Sonali, Kumar, Anjani, Kolady, Deepthi E., Sharma, Kriti

“…A Food Safety Index (FSI) derived from 71 distinct practices was used as a quantitative measure of adoption of compliance with FSM. The study assigns 0.60, 0.23, and 0.17 wt to microbiological, physical, and chemical safety measures, respectively, to derive FSI. …”
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Obscuring complexity and performing progress: unpacking SDG indicator 6.5.1 and the implementation of IWRM by Mdee, A., Ofori, A. D., Cohen, J., Kjellén, M., Rooney, E., Singhal, S., Amezaga, J., Ankush, Figueroa-Benítez, A., Gupta, S., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Haileslassie, A., Kongo, V., Kumar, A., Noguera, S. A. M., Nagheeby, M., Noor, Z. Z., Polaine, X., Singh, N., Sylvester, R., Wan Ahmad Tajuddin, W. A. N., Yusop, Z. B., Zúñiga-Barragán, J.

“…The paper presents an empirical analysis of SDG 6.5.1 reporting in Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, and the UK, drawing on research from the Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub.1 An evidence review and series of expert interviews are used to interrogate the local politics of IWRM measurement, specifically three dilemmas of global composite indicator construction: (1) reductive quantification of normative and contested processes; (2) weak analysis of actually existing institutional capability, politics, and power; and (3) distracting performativity dynamics in reporting. …”
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Production characteristics of a flock of East African Blackhead sheep by Sacker, G.D., Trail, J.C.M.

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Linkages between criteria of trypanotolerance and livestock performance traits in N'Dama cattle in the Gambia. Abstract by Agyemang, K.

“…The longer term objective is to include one or more of these criteria in a selection index for genetic improvement programs, if found to be associated with performance traits. Least-squares analyses showed that the control of anemia measured by packed red cell volume (PCV) was more frequently linked with performance traits than the other criteria. …”
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